Pic-A-Day (7) by Albert Mach Fine Art - 1898 Leon Bollee Tri-Car.

[Albert Mach]

Pic-A-Day (7) Albert Mach Fine Art.

1898 Leon Bollee Tri-Car

This was seen at the Owls Head Transportation Museum in Maine.

http://owlshead.org/

Leon Bollee was the first person in France to build small gasoline powered vehicles, beginning in 1895.

This voiturette, as he called it, was introduced in the 1896 Paris-Marseille-Paris race. With three speeds of 6,12 and 18 mph, it was one of the fastest of its type. In 1897 modified versions won the Paris-Dieppe race at 24 mph and the Paris-Trouville race at 28 mph.

Specifications: Tandem two-seat tri-car; engine four-cycle, single-cylinder, air-cooled, with hot tube ignition; bore 76 mm., stroke 145 mm., displacement 650 cc., 2.5 hp.